Summary of Contents for RCA Lyra RD2800

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Table of Contents Chapter 1: Getting Started Things to consider before you get started..........4 Computer System Requirements ............. 4 Warning .................... 4 Caution ....................4 Caution While Driving ..............4 Back up your data ................4 What you want to know & where to go ............ 5 Unpack the box and check your parts ............

Chapter 1 Getting Started Chapter Overview: • Things to consider before you get started • What’s where — what you want to know and where to go • Parts checklist • Overview of Lyra Jukebox buttons • Basic operation (how to play music on your Lyra Jukebox) •...

Stop operation of the unit if you find it disruptive or distracting while driving. Back up your data As with any device that has a hard drive, you must back up the drive. RCA and Thomson multimedia are not responsible for lost data. Chapter 1...

Getting Started What you want to know Go to page ... Parts checklist — everything that was in the Lyra box Buttons — where they are and what they do Operation — the details If the information on the printed QuickStart guide wasn’t enough, this section gives you a little more detail about the basics of sorting and playing music on your Lyra Jukebox.

Getting Started Unpack the box and check your parts Your Lyra Jukebox came with everything you need to make music portable — all of the items shown below should have been packed in the box with your Lyra Jukebox. stop mode select Lyra Jukebox...

Getting Started Overview of buttons and the display The following pages explain what each button does — some of the buttons have more than one function depending upon whether you’re playing music or not. stop save select select Volume up – Increases the volume level. SELECT–...

Getting Started SORT BY Artist stop Album Title save select select Genre User Playlists Audio Files HELP MORE soft key 2 soft key 4 soft key 1 soft key 3 Left arrow button – When you’re playing music, press and release to skip back to the previous song (to scan backwards in the song that’s playing, press and hold).

Getting Started DC IN POWER RESET CHARGE dc in reset power charge Back view POWER indicator – Lights when the Lyra Jukebox is on (receiving power from the DC IN jack). CHARGE indicator – Lights when the battery is charging and when the Lyra Jukebox is receiving power from the DC IN jack.

Getting Started Basic Operation The information in this section presumes you’ve successfully transferred files to your Lyra Jukebox, and you’re ready to play some music. If you need specific set-up information (downloading music, transferring files, installing software), go to page 22. If you want more detailed information about the Lyra Jukebox’s features, go to page 34.

Lyra). If your Lyra Jukebox isn’t already on, turn it on (press and hold the button for two seconds). The RCA Lyra logo flashes on the screen, and then the main menu appears the SORT BY menu. Chapter 1...

Getting Started Sort by Artist SORT BY Artist Album Highlight Artist (press the up or down arrow Title button). Genre User Playlists Audio Files Note: You can also highlight items on the HELP MORE screen by pressing the soft keys when they have arrows above them.

Getting Started Highlight the desired song. ANOTHER RECORD 01 A Song for You 02 Be Yourself • To play the song, press (the play/pause 08 Assume the Worst button). 09 Do Your Best 10 Another Song • To go to the previous menu, press soft key 1 INFO BACK (BACK).

Getting Started To see the songs for the album highlighted, HAPPY MUSIC II press SELECT (the songs on that album 01 A Song For You 02 Do Your Best appear). 03 Be Yourself 04 Integrity Song The SELECT button may be used alternately 05 Freedom to select and de-select titles that you want to INFO...

Getting Started • To see the titles from R - Z, press soft key 4. TITLE A Song For You Anytime You Want t... • To return to the SORT BY menu, press soft Be Yourself key 1 (labeled MAIN). Details of Today Do Your Best •...

Getting Started • To get more info about the song, press soft key 4 (INFO). Note: The information provided in the INFO screen depends upon the ID3 tags that have been set up for the song. Sort by All Files SORT BY Album Title...

Getting Started LCD Screen During Playback PLAYLIST 1 My favorite song Simon and Caroline The Two of Us Classic Rock 00:00:42 0005/0012 128K FLAT BACK INFO This picture illustrates what you’ll see on your Lyra Jukebox LCD screen when you’re playing music. LCD Screen during Playback Playlist name, or path of file Song title or file name –...

Getting Started Setup Information – the details Install software in your computer The Music Management CD that came with your Lyra Jukebox contains all of the necessary software components you need to make your Lyra Jukebox work properly. These components do the following: •...

Getting Started Note: This book only discusses the • The System Profiler Application component MusicMatch features that directly apply to must be installed in order for the Lyra Jukebox your Lyra Jukebox. For additional to function properly. This application allows you information about MusicMatch Jukebox to sort and profile the music that you’ve features such as MusicMatch radio MX,...

17. Some computers might request that you reboot your computer (a dialog box will appear on the computer screen if this is necessary). Note: As with any device that has a hard drive, you must back up the drive. RCA and Thomson are not responsible for lost data.

USB Mass Storage device for the that has a hard drive, you drive letter associated with the Lyra Jukebox, must back up the drive. RCA and click STOP. See the Windows Help for and Thomson are not details about the Unplug or Eject Hardware responsible for lost data.

Getting Started The first time you launch MusicMatch, a Getting Started screen appears providing information about MusicMatch and the software. Detailed information, Getting Started tips, and troubleshooting are available through the Help menu and the MusicMatch internet site (accessed from the Help and Site menus). We recommend you familiarize yourself with the MusicMatch Welcome Tips and view the On-line FAQs before using and recording files.

Getting Started Select the Recording Quality level – CD Quality MP3 (128Kbps) is recommended • MP3 audio is MPEG Layer-3 Audio available at various encoding bit rates. The highest bit rate has the best quality sound, but uses the most disk space.

Getting Started Save CD tracks to play on your PC or in your Lyra Jukebox Insert a CD into your CD-ROM drive. If you are connected to the internet, MusicMatch Jukebox will retrieve information about the CD in the CD-ROM drive. Note: If you are on a LAN system and the titling feature does not work, contact your administrator.

Getting Started Main player Playlist area area MUSIC GUIDE tab (window) ADD button Music Library window Download music from the Internet Make sure you’re connected to the internet. Click MUSIC GUIDE to connect to the MusicMatch download site. Note: You can also select Show MusicMatch Guide from View in the Options menu to display this window.

Getting Started Creating Personalized Playlists To create a playlist, you can drag and drop files from your Music Library or you can open an existing playlist. To manually add tracks to the playlist, double click on the track or drag and drop the track from the Music Library into the playlist display (the song automatically starts playing if no other song is playing).

Getting Started Step 3: Transfer audio files to your Lyra Jukebox Once you’ve created the current playlist that contains all of the songs you want to transfer to your Lyra Jukebox, follow the steps below: If your Lyra Jukebox isn’t already connected to your computer, use the mini-USB cable that came with your LyraJukebox to connect the LyraJukebox to the computer.

Getting Started This is the Refresh button Portable Delete button Device Memory Device connected to area your computer’s USB port (in this example, your Lyra Jukebox) Files to Download Files stored on your area Lyra Jukebox’s hard drive Progress indicator Download button After you have selected all of the music you want to transfer to your Lyra Jukebox, click the Download button on the bottom of the screen.

Features & Menus Using the Play Modes Once you have music transferred to your Lyra Jukebox you can use the MODE button to access different play modes that are used in other audio equipment: Shuffle, Repeat 1, Repeat, Repeat All, Repeat Shuffle. Note: The REPEAT A-B play mode can only be accessed when you’re playing music, go to page 35 for more information.

Features & Menus How to access the play modes During navigation mode (you’ve turned on your Lyra Jukebox, but you are using the menu system and not playing music) Press the MODE button (the MODE SETTINGS menu appears). Press the arrow down button (or soft key 2) or the arrow up button (soft key 3) until the play mode you want to use is highlighted.

Features & Menus Adjusting DSP Settings DSP Settings (Digital Signal Processor settings) adjust the the various levels of the audio output for different types of songs. For example, the DSP setting for BASS makes the bass sounds more prominent. You can also personalize the levels via the GRAPHIC EQ menu item.

Features & Menus Setting LCD Preferences (SYSTEM SETTINGS menu) You can personalize the setting of your LCD (Liquid Crystal Display). From the SORT BY menu (the main menu), press SORT BY Artist soft key 4 (MORE). Four new menu items Album appear at the bottom of the LCD screen.

Features & Menus SYSTEM SETTINGS • Backlight Timeout: you can adjust the amount Backlight Timeout of time that the backlight stays on by LCD Contrast highlighting Backlight Timeout. Press (the right arrow button on your Lyra Jukebox) to increase the amount of time. Press (the left BACK HELP...

Features & Menus Playing Your Lyra Jukebox in your car stereo The cassette adapter lets you listen to the Lyra in an automobile or RV safely without having to wear headphones. The car kit is included with your Lyra Jukebox. This accessory kit includes a car cord adapter (#54095) and a cassette adapter (#54097).

Features & Menus Playing Your Lyra Jukebox on your stereo system Your Lyra Jukebox came with a Line Out Cable that you can use to connect your Lyra to your audio system. Make sure your Lyra Jukebox is off. Connect the black end of the cable to the LINE OUT jack on your Lyra Jukebox player.

Features & Menus Portable Hard Drive Capability Thus far, this User’s Guide has discussed your RD 2800 Lyra Jukebox player’s music functions. However, this is the first Lyra model that has a hard drive (other models required a compact flash card). Since it has a 10-gigabyte hard drive, you can use it to transport files —...

Additional Information Tips and Troubleshooting Problem: Player repeats same tracks or all tracks. • Repeat play is turned on. Press the MODE button to change the play mode. Problem: Audio distorted at high volume. • In DSP mode, reduce the BASS gain. •...

Additional Information Limited Warranty What your warranty covers: • Defects in materials or workmanship. For how long after your purchase: • 90 days from date of purchase - Unit repair or exchange, which includes parts and labor. • 91 days to 1 year from date of purchase - Unit repair or exchange, which includes parts only;...

Additional Information • Write the SR number on the outside of the carton used to return the unit. Make sure you insure your shipment in case of damage or loss. • Carefully pack the unit using the original box and packing material if possible. Please retain all non-defective accessories that were included with your unit such as the headphones.

Additional Information Limitation of Warranty: • THE WARRANTY STATED ABOVE IS THE ONLY WARRANTY APPLICABLE TO THIS PRODUCT. ALL OTHER WARRANTIES, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED (INCLUDING ALL IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE) ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED. NO VERBAL OR WRITTEN INFORMATION GIVEN BY THOMSON MULTIMEDIA INC., ITS AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES SHALL CREATE A GUARANTY OR IN ANY WAY INCREASE THE SCOPE OF THIS WARRANTY.